Embroidery-hoop.



F. W. PREYEB. EMBROIDERY HOOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1916.

Patented Oct. 30,1917.

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To all whom it may contain 5 Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. 'Pnngnn,

a citizen of the United St'ates, residing 'at Canton, in the county ofStark and State of Ohio, have invented a newand useful Improvement inEmbroideryeHoops, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a hoop composed of two rings, one adapted totelescope outside the other to hold a piece of fabric taut over theinner ring, for the purpose of embroidering the fabric.

Many advantages attend the use of wooden rings for this purpose, and apreferred method of increasing the resilience and friction of theholding surface of the inner ring is to attach or secure a resilientfrictional band of felt or the like around the middle portion of itsperiphery.

When such a band is used, the best results are attained by transverselyconvexing the surface of the hoop underneath the band, and providingcountersunk grooves for the edges of the band, so that the body of thethe rim portion of the ring will overlap and thereby shield and securethe edges of the band from being raised or detached from the ring.

The invention, thus set forth in general terms, is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of the inner ring'of an embroideryhoop, showing themethod of applying the frictional band in accordance with the presentinvention; 7

with the fabricheld therein, showing one method of embodying the presentinvention by the use of U-shaped grooves extending directly inward fromthe holding face of the inner ring;

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" rat er-11 i Application fiia ach 22, 1916. series no. 85,9 13? 1 useof inclined U-shaped grooves diverginglaterally under'therini'p'orti'ons of the ring; and V Fig. 4:, shows a tool by which theband can be readily mounted upon the ring, by

. inserting its edge portions inthe U-shaped grooves of the ring andpressing the body of the band smoothly against its seat on the peripheryof the ring. I

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings. Theinner ring 1 or 1 is made of wood,

hard rubber or other relatively hard material, and is formed with theannular U- shaped grooves 2 or 2 countersunk in its periphery, adjacentto the edges thereof. These grooves may be countersunk directly inwardas shown at 2 in Fig. 2, or may be countersunk in an inclined inwarddirection, as shown in Fig. 3; but in either case the depth of thegrooves is deflected inward from the face of the ring.

The middle portion 3 of the periphery of the ring, between the grooves,may be formed substantially fiat or cylindric as shown in Fig. 2, sothat when the band 4: is glued or otherwise attached thereon, the flatsurface 5 is presented'to the inner face of the outer ring 6, or to theinterposed fabric 7; or the middle portion 3 of the periphery. of thering, between-the grooves, may be curved or conveXed in cross section,as shown in method or embodying the invention by" the Fig. 3, so as topresent a correspondingly curved or convex surface 5 to the outer ring 6or the interposed fabric 7.

In either case the formation of the U- shaped groove 2 or 2 shapes therim portions 8 or 8 of the ring so that they will completely surroundand overlap the edge portions 9 and 9 of the bands, when the same areinserted in the grooves, as shown more particularly in Figs. 2 and 3 ofthe drawings, thus shielding them from the abrading action of the outerring or the pulling action of the fabric, and preventing the same frompulling or tearing the edge portions of the band from the inner 'Fig. 2,a section of an embroidery hoop venient manner. It is also preferred topositively secure the band to the ring by means of glue or otheradhesive material; and when so mounted and secured-the overlapping ofthe rim portions of the ring around and upon the edge portions of theband protects the same from any rubbing or pulling action or contactwhich will tend to loosen or detach them from the ring.

I claim:

An embroidery hoop comprising ",tW

rings one adapted to telescope Within the other, one of the rings havingU-shaped annular grooves countersunk in its holding face adjacent to theedges thereof, the depth of said grooves being deflected inward from theface of the ring, and a resilient frictional band attached to the sameface of the ring'between the grooves and having its edgedportionsinserted in the grooves and overlapped by the rim portions ofthe ring.

FREDERICK W. PREYER.

Copies of this patent may be, obtained tor five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of LEatents,

Washington, D. Q.

